The Milwaukee Bucks' season is over after a devastating 119-118 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in Game 5 of the first round. After drawing dead in a Game 4 blowout where the Bucks lost Damian Lillard to a torn Achilles, the Bucks battled tooth and nail with the Pacers before giving it all away in the final minute.
After a frantic finish to regulation, the Bucks raced out to a seven-point lead in overtime. However, two crucial turnovers by Gary Trent Jr., who was great all night prior to the last minute, allowed the Pacers to finish the game on an 8-0 run and steal the victory.
After an Andrew Nembhard 3-pointer cut the deficit to four, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a massive and-one to get the Pacers within one. On the next possession, the star point guard beat Giannis Antetokounmpo off the bounce and finished at the cup to put Indiana in front.
TYRESE HALIBURTON CALLS SERIES 🚨
PACERS TAKE DOWN THE BUCKS IN 5!
What. A. FINISH!pic.twitter.com/1zu2XAZFuL
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 30, 2025
Trent's heave fell short and just like that, the Bucks' season is over. Milwaukee now must brace itself for an offseason full of Antetokounmpo trade rumors while the Pacers move on to the next round to take on the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers.




Haliburton's heroics capped off a stellar night that saw him score 26 points and add nine assists. Six Pacers scored in double figures, including all five starters, and Aaron Nesmith added a 19-point, 12-rebound double-double.
Antetokounmpo and Trent had another monster game like they did back in Game 3, but this time it wasn't enough. The former MVP notched a monster triple-double with 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists on 9-for-17 shooting. Trent shot the lights out once again, scoring 33 points while drilling eight 3-pointers. 12 of those points from the former Duke star came in overtime.
Despite those two great individual performances, this game will be remembered for all of the blunders that the Bucks made with chances to win the game. At the end of regulation, Milwaukee let Haliburton get all the way to the rim for an easy dunk to tie the game. Antetokounmpo settled for a bad shot at the buzzer when he could have tried to get to the basket and win the game.
Then there are the two turnovers committed by Trent in overtime, one a bad pass out of a trap and the other a simple mishandle of a pass coming his way. Despite his excellence, those are the mistakes that lose playoff games, and that is exactly what happened in Game 5.